A Planetary Perspective

Our planet is changing dramatically, and changing fast—all because of human activity. The vast majority of Earth’s species extinctions, resource depletion, freshwater decline, and climate change are caused by how we use and produce food, water, and energy. Changing course to build a better future is still within our grasp. By working together and looking to science and nature for guidance, we can find a new way forward.

A Plan for the Future We Want

To tackle our biggest environmental challenges, we should zero-in on their direct causes: how we use and produce food, water, and energy. Once we address these systems, we can rethink the ways we live our lives. What are the underlying causes of our environmental crises, including population growth and our unsustainable consumer throw-away culture, and how can we learn to avoid them in the future?

Rethinking Food, Water, Energy, and Ourselves

Solutions in Action

PlanetVision is here to inspire communities, businesses, governments, and individuals to turn world-changing ideas into action. How can you help? Explore impactful actions you can take to help the environment by addressing food, water, energy, and our everyday lifestyle choices. Individual actions can scale to be a big part of the solutions we need. Discover how you can multiply your inspirational and environmental impact for a better future.

California has seen a warm and dry winter, which has many residents worried that the state may be headed into yet another drought. Although Californians successfully cut their water use by 25 percent in 2015 and 2016, some places have already gone back to their normal pre-drought water consumption. But California isn’t the only place facing water issues.

There are a lot of different opinions out there on the environmental performance of electric vehicles (EVs) in the news. It seems like the perception is that EVs could be worse for the climate than standard gasoline cars if the electricity grid where you get your power is using coal and natural gas.

There are a lot of good news stories on our progress dealing with carbon pollution and many environmental solutions are gaining momentum. Here are my top six reasons to be hopeful about tackling climate change (in no particular order):

If you don’t already know, “Where’s the beef?” is a famous catchphrase from a 1984 television commercial featuring three white-haired ladies standing around a hamburger bun with a tiny beef patty in the center.